Privacy Policy

Ava — Scam & Fraud Detection App · Effective date: August 15, 2026

Ava is developed by Zent AI Studio ("we", "our"). This policy explains what happens to your data when you use Ava's scan tools.

1. How scans are analyzed

Every scan (message, email, screenshot, website, phone number, UPI ID, etc.) is checked first by an on-device rule engine — most scans never leave your phone. If a result is ambiguous, the text is sent over an encrypted connection to Ava's AI proxy, which forwards it to Google Gemini and, as a backup, OpenRouter (a third-party AI routing service that may itself use various underlying AI models) to get a second opinion. Ava's proxy does not store this text after the request completes, but Google's and OpenRouter's own privacy policies govern how they handle it on their end.

2. Website checks

When you check a website or shortened link, the URL is sent to Google Safe Browsing to check it against Google's list of known malicious sites.

3. Screenshot text

Text is extracted from screenshots entirely on your device using on-device OCR. The image itself is never uploaded anywhere; only the extracted text may be sent for the AI double-check described in Section 1, if the scan is ambiguous.

4. Local scan history

Every scan result, including the text or link you scanned, is saved to a history log stored only in local storage on your device. It is never uploaded to us or any third party. You can delete individual entries (swipe to delete) or clear your entire history anytime from the History tab. See our data deletion instructions for details.

5. Contacts

If you use the option to check or save a phone number from your contacts, Ava reads that contact locally on your device to fill in the number. Your contacts are never uploaded or sent anywhere.

6. Ads and payments

Ava shows ads served by Google AdMob, which may collect advertising identifiers and usage data under Google's own privacy policy to personalize ads. Premium subscription purchases are handled entirely by Google Play Billing — Ava never sees or stores your payment details.

7. What we don't do

We do not sell your personal message content. We do not read your scan history ourselves — it stays on your device unless you choose to share a result using the app's own Share feature.

8. Your rights

You can clear your scan history at any time from the History tab, and you can revoke Ava's Camera, Photos, or Contacts permissions at any time from your device's system settings.

Questions about this policy? Contact us at zentaistudio2026@gmail.com.